demure
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Others opt for the registry office and a demure lunch with close friends, and prefer to save their money for a house.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 25, 2025
Tseggai’s Miriam seems demure but delivers a wild monologue about her unhappy marriage and subsequent all-consuming affair that confirms you can’t judge a book by its cover.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
Following “the Sydney Cherkov way,” she wears a lilac blouse that telegraphs meek, demure energy.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025
In “The Penguin” Cristin Milioti’s Sofia Falcone marks her transition from the dutiful mobster’s demure daughter to a siren afire with vengeance.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2024
At first she put on her slightly stupid demure look, but after a few of his words she gave that up and bored into him with her eyes, trying to read his thoughts.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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